Oppn mocks at Nitish dalit outreach efforts

Opposition parties today mocked at Nitish Kumar government dalit outreach efforts through slew of welfare measures like Rs 1 lakh monetary assistance to SC/ST students qualifying in prelims of UPSC and Rs 50,000 for clearing the same in state service saying he would not be able to "buy" dalits by offering them "crumbs."
Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's party Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) spokesman Danish Rizwan in a statement said "The Nitish Kumar government is trying to buy out dalits by offering them crumbs. It needs to be remembered that dalits are not for sale."
Tiwary, who was with the JD(U) till 2014, alleged "the pro-dalit stance of Kumar is yet another instance of his never-ending attempts to keep changing his political goalposts. First, it was communalism, then it was corruption, now it is dalits. He is a shrewd observer and must have taken note of the anger that was on display during the recent Bharat Bandh called by SC and ST organizations."